InProgress: A Weekly reCAP

Bold Action to Fight COVID-19 and Leave No One Behind
Saying that the national recovery process from COVID-19 is going to be complicated, difficult, and expensive will likely be the understatement of the 21st century.

As CAP experts have laid out over the past several weeks, we need a nationwide stay-at-home policy for at least 45 days. Otherwise, repeated waves of exponential transmission followed by lockdowns will wreak havoc on the economy and peoples' lives.

At the same time, with nearly 17 million unemployment claims filed in the past three weeks alone, it's clear that the $2.2 trillion CARES Act passed on March 27 will not provide nearly enough aid for the U.S. economy-and our most vulnerable populations-to survive this crisis.

We need the public to engage in very strong forms of social distancing to fight the spread of this virus, but we cannot leave them desperate and destitute when they do so. This would weaken our fight against the virus, lengthen the time it takes to?contain and beat it, and deepen economic dislocation and devastation across the country.

In short, we need bold action that prioritizes both our public health and our economic well-being. <[link removed]>

While it's difficult to comprehend the scope of the solutions needed to make sure we get through COVID-19 in one piece, CAP policy experts have created a comprehensive plan that will do just that.

Read our national coronavirus recovery plan ? <[link removed]>

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WATCH | How has COVID-19 affected communities of color?

CAP expert Connor Maxwell explains how structural racism increases the danger of pandemics. Watch now ? <[link removed]>

See also: Coronavirus Compounds Inequality and Endangers Communities of Color <[link removed]>

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In the Spotlight
We need safe and accessible voting. Now. <[link removed]>

After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled not to extend access to absentee ballots for Wisconsin voters, residents on Tuesday were forced to choose: Do they risk coronavirus infection, or do they stay home from the primary election and lose the chance to exercise their constitutional right to vote?

The Wisconsin Legislature's failure to act in protecting Wisconsinites and the state's elections, meant that the voters who did turn out waited in lines at polling stations for hours-particularly in Milwaukee, home to almost 70 percent of Wisconsin's African American population-literally risking their lives to get to the polls.

We cannot let what happened in Wisconsin happen again, especially during the general election in November.

Tell Congress to prepare our country's infrastructure so that all eligible Americans can fully participate in the general election! <[link removed]>

TAKE ACTION <[link removed]>

Related: States Must Act Now To Fortify Elections Against Coronavirus <[link removed]>

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Major Stories This Week

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Congress Must Keep Renters in Their Homes <[link removed]>

On April 1, more than $43 billion in rent was due nationwide. Yet with millions of workers having lost their jobs, many are unable to pay their rent and utilities-and even more are likely to join them in the coming months.

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Don't Let the U.S. Do More Damage to Democracy <[link removed]>

Just as people with underlying medical conditions are more susceptible to harm from the virus, the public policy crisis prompted by COVID-19 may be more acute in democracies battered by recent illiberal trends.

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How to Protect Essential Workers <[link removed]>

Enhanced protections for essential workers will help limit the spread of COVID-19. What's more, the people taking risks to help the country function in a time of crisis deserve strong protections to minimize the risks they face.

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Targeted Assistance for LGBTQ People <[link removed]>

The coronavirus crisis threatens to compound the disparities that LGBTQ people already experience in health care, as well as the community's high rates of poverty-making them both particularly at risk in the current crisis and woefully underserved.

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CAP in the News

The Washington Post
It's time to go big on this crisis. Here's how. <[link removed]>

Forbes
It's Time To Put A Military Officer In Charge Of The Fight Against Coronavirus <[link removed]>, op-ed by Frank Kendall, CAP Senior Fellow

The Nation
Colonialism Made Puerto Rico Vulnerable to Coronavirus Catastrophe <[link removed]>

The Washington Post
The new European revolt against Angela Merkel <[link removed]>, op-ed by Max Bergmann, CAP Senior Fellow

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